The Community in Southern Africa
In 1960 African Sisters came to the Convent of the Holy Name in Malvern. This was the first move to amalgamate two communities – the Community of St Mary at the Cross in Lesotho, and Community of the Holy Name in England.
(pic of two of those sisters – now)
Then in 1962 the four African sisters with five English sisters returned to Lesotho to establish CHN Lesotho.
At the time, when apartheid was in the ascendant in South Africa, a multi-racial community in Lesotho was an important witness against racism, and is still an important strand in the Community’s vocation.
The Community in Lesotho has grown, and is now a province of the Community with its own Superior, Chapter and Council.
(pic of Leribe Chapel and front of Convent)
The sisters continue the pastoral and evangelical work of the Community in Lesotho, where there are also two branch houses.